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Barca advance to the Europa League last-16

Feb 25, 2022

Image: FC Barcelona

Barcelona have booked their place in the last-16 of the Europa League, after a convincing 4-2 win over Napoli this morning.

The Spanish giants go thru 5-3 on aggregate.

Jordi Alba, Frenkie De Jong and Gerrard Pique had put Barca ahead, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sealing the win late on.

In other selected Europa League last-32 second leg results:
Porto advance 4-3 on aggregate after a 2-2 draw with Lazio this morning.

Sevilla lost 1-nil to Dinamo Zagreb, but advance 3-2 on aggregate.

While Rangers and Borussia Dortmund played out a 2-2 draw…with the Scottish club advancing 6-4 over two legs.

Image: Reuters

Elsewhere, Leicester City have booked their place in the last-16 of the Europa Conference League, after a 3-1 win over Randers this morning.

The Foxes advance 7-2 on aggregate.

Image: Marca

UEFA has reportedly decided that the Champions League final will be moved away from St. Petersburg following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The European football governing body will also hold an emergency meeting to discuss upcoming World Cup playoffs involving the two countries.

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Novak Djokovic will lose his world number one ranking next week, after a record 361 weeks at the summit.

It follows his quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championship, which was his first tournament since being barred from competing at the Australian Open.

Come Monday, Djokovic will be replaced at the top of the men’s tennis rankings by Daniil Medvedev.